{"id":2365,"date":"2022-06-01T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joannearchibald.com\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T09:40:49","slug":"be-your-own-cross-cultural-coach-taking-the-shock-out-of-cultural-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joannearchibald.com\/fr\/blog\/be-your-own-cross-cultural-coach-taking-the-shock-out-of-cultural-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Your Own (Cross-Cultural) Coach: Taking the Shock Out of Cultural Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Two fish are cruising around their tank one day when they pass an older fish coming from the other direction. \u201cHow\u2019s the water?\u201d asks the solo swimmer. \u201cWhat water?\u201d reply the young sprats. That\u2019s culture. It\u2019s the water we\u2019re swimming around in that we do not even realise is there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, not until we leave the country we grew up in to move to, say, Paris, France, and notice \u2013 with a queasy mixture of horror and excitement \u2013 that we\u2019re not in Kansas (or Kensington, Ko Samui or Kingston) anymore and people do things differently here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intercultural adaptation: step by step<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cultural sociologist Milton Bennet developed a model of intercultural sensitivity that identified the six standard ways in which people experience, interpret, and interact across cultural differences. On one end of the scale, we have denial: the state of not even realising that other cultures might do things differently. Not many of us are here given today\u2019s globalised economy, but little details can creep up on you. I nearly fell off my chair when I was told that people drink port as an aperitif in France, not as a postprandial that gets passed to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Then comes <strong>defence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>We all know this one: it rises to the surface any time I go to the post office in France and usually takes the form of \u201cWhat do these people think they\u2019re doing? Why can\u2019t they just do things the way we do back home? It\u2019s so much more organised!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, <strong>minimisation<\/strong> \u2013 that state of mind in which we are convinced that our cultural differences are insignificant and mainly focused on our countries\u2019 differing relationships with cheese. <strong>When we get past these, we reach the last three stages of acceptance, adaptation and integration<\/strong>. A sort of Holy Grail Trinity, if you\u2019ll excuse a shamelessly mixed metaphor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The shock of culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Culture shock is a heady mix of the first three states of being. It\u2019s that crashing realisation that not only do differences exist, but they are far from minimal and that our own culture has not necessarily got it right, indeed that \u2013 whisper it \u2013 <strong>perhaps there is no right<\/strong>. It comes to us all and can leave even the hardiest of ex-pats breathlessly running for the nearest little slice of home they can find (for me, it\u2019s always the WHSmith bookshop on rue de Rivoli).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Culture shock is about the loss of the familiar, it\u2019s about feeling like you\u2019re swimming in ambiguity and the unknown.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At its deepest level, it\u2019s a feeling of loss of identity and having one\u2019s values questioned simply by living among people who do not share them. Culture shock can be brutal and \u2013 in my experience of nearly 19 years in Paris \u2013 can strike at any time since new cultural differences come to the fore as we advance through the various stages of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you saying?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However inevitable culture shock may be though, it can be anticipated, alleviated and managed. To go back to our fish joke, the first step towards managing culture shock is taking a look at the water in which you are swimming \u2013 figuring out the values that underpin the society that shaped you. One portal into decoding your country\u2019s values is its treasury of proverbs and sayings. These often carry deeply held beliefs and messages. Numerous American business coaching clients have told me that the question they apply when assessing potential suppliers is \u201cWhat have you done for me lately?\u201d This speaks to a value of performance and productivity, and not resting on your laurels. The Mexican saying \u201cMi casa su casa\u201d reveals values around hospitality, openness and inclusion. What sayings does your culture use?<\/p>\n<p>Nuance is crucial, of course. Every individual is different, and here we are talking in broad brushstrokes. So why not think a little about your own personal values? They will influence how you experience other cultures too. So, think of a time in your life when you felt fantastic, like you were functioning at 100% and exactly where you needed to be. What were you doing, who was involved, what impact was made? Alternatively, think of a time when you were angrier than you ever thought possible. Often, anger is a result of a strongly held value being violated in some way. For each memory, consider what\u2019s at stake and what makes it so vivid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than a slogan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you can turn your attention to the culture of your host country. What does this nation hold dear? What truths seem self-evident to its citizens? What are its major proverbs? Does it have a slogan? The easiest way to start in France is with the classic <em>libert\u00e9, \u00e9galit\u00e9, fraternit\u00e9<\/em> \u2013 these are far more than just aspirational words in my experience. They truly underpin the way the society is structured and run. I see <em>libert\u00e9<\/em> in the \u201clack\u201d (to a British mind) of school uniform. I see <em>\u00e9galit\u00e9<\/em> in the country\u2019s healthcare and social security systems. I see <em>fraternit\u00e9<\/em> in the very strong (again, from a British perspective) unions and workers\u2019 groups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeing values behind behaviour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seeing the values that a country is upholding in its way of organising and doing things can help you to see its innocence or neutrality. This can in turn help with culture shock. Faced with behaviour that we find odd, a reply we consider rude, or a process that seems twisted, it can truly help to look for the value that is being honoured.<\/p>\n<p>When my daughter started school, I complained to my husband that the list of required <em>fournitures scolaires<\/em> was ridiculously specific. We couldn\u2019t just get notebooks; the school specified the size, number of pages, and even how big the little squares that covered each page had to be. <strong>To my British mind, this was some kind of nanny state on crack; to my husband, it was simply a way of ensuring that \u2013 to the extent possible \u2013 every child started school with the same stuff, the same possibilities, in other words, <em>\u00e9galit\u00e9<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Becoming more aware of your own culture and decoding the beliefs and values underpinning the culture of your host country will not necessarily change how you think or feel. But it will make you more tolerant and better equipped to deal with clashes and misunderstandings when they arise. Knowing where your culture and that of your host country might be at odds can help you anticipate difference and \u2013 literally \u2013 be less shocked by it.<\/p>\n<p>Cultural awareness can get you a step closer to operating like an anthropologist, which is a perspective and way of functioning that I think every ex-pat should cultivate since it is a position from which we can observe and be fascinated by our subject while also being able to see it for what it is \u2013 not better or worse than us, just different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/inspirelle.com\/be-your-own-cross-cultural-coach-taking-the-shock-out-of-cultural-difference\/?utm_source=sendinblue&amp;utm_campaign=Newsletter_269_May_19_2022&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.inspirelle.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two fish are cruising around their tank one day when they pass an older fish coming from the other direction. \u201cHow\u2019s the water?\u201d asks the solo swimmer. \u201cWhat water?\u201d reply the young sprats. That\u2019s culture. It\u2019s the water we\u2019re swimming around in that we do not even realise is there. 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